diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.mk b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
index 66efcba..1e09ea4 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.mk
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ HOST_QEMU_SYS_ARCH ?= $(HOST_QEMU_ARCH)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_SYSTEM_MODE),y)
 HOST_QEMU_TARGETS += $(HOST_QEMU_SYS_ARCH)-softmmu
+HOST_QEMU_OPTS += --enable-sdl --with-sdlabi=2.0
 HOST_QEMU_OPTS += --enable-system --enable-fdt
 HOST_QEMU_DEPENDENCIES += host-dtc
 else